Elvis Perkins

The tents go up as I go down Down to the flats and into the sound The closer i get to the city The further i am from memory In the green grass looking up For the words of the angry sun 'No one', when he says 'no one' Yeah, he means 'no one', no one N

Last night was the science fiction movie with you and me You in your velvet space helmet, me and my rainbow hat If you'd write my lines I would gladly play Father Time on your TV show You got the wilderness lipstick and I got the pen marking You'll b

While you were sleeping Your babies grew The stars shined and the shadows moved Time flew, the phone rang There was a silence when the kitchen sang Its songs competed like kids for space We stared for hours in our maker's face They gave us picks Said

Jean Cocteau is covered in butter the ghosts of cappuccino and Zaza hover in the hallway where the devil and his lover beg you for change on the sly there's nothing really like French blues blown by the unknown soldier in you to all of your regrets a

I heard a sound when I was a child Someone was walking through the pillow that night The snow muted the pitch of night A shadow approached across the field in white It's only me It's only me and the sound of my heart it startled me As I drifted from

Oh, the night and the liquor wear off I see your sister more clear Now that the sun has won the sky Won't you sleep my lady? Go to sleep baby No, I can't sleep my baby It's true, I loved her in ??? And you deserve far better than this mess It's true,

Stay if you want; There is enough Sadness for the Both of us. Follow the sound To the table underground, There will be plenty Tears goin' round. And I would be happy For you to stay With me 'til tomorrow Can become today. In a sad world. In a sad wor

Well, I don't care, your cameras caught me crying as I left your gates Or that your maintenance men, they caught our last embrace Well, you were on the verge of tears when I first knew I would know you And now your ancient black tears, they stain you

We walked the aisles aimlessly With our kills painlessly And we go all the night without love In the darkened lonely corners Where we place our drive-thru orders And we go all the night without love Without love "Touch me" the graphic reads On t